The growth in size and mass of cluster galaxies since z=2
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| 作者 | Laporte, Chervin F. P.1; White, Simon D. M.1; Naab, Thorsten1; Gao, Liang2,3
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| 刊名 | MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
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| 出版日期 | 2013-10-01 |
| 卷号 | 435期号:2页码:901-909 |
| 关键词 | galaxies: clusters: general galaxies: elliptical and lenticular cD galaxies: evolution galaxies: formation |
| 英文摘要 | We study the formation and evolution of brightest cluster galaxies starting from a z = 2 population of quiescent ellipticals and following them to z = 0. To this end, we use a suite of nine high-resolution dark matter only simulations of galaxy clusters in a Lambda cold dark matter (Lambda CDM) universe. We develop a scheme in which simulation particles are weighted to generate realistic and dynamically stable stellar density profiles at z = 2. Our initial conditions assign a stellar mass to every identified dark halo as expected from abundance matching; assuming that there exists a one-to-one relation between the visible properties of galaxies and their host haloes. We set the sizes of the luminous components according to the observed relations for z similar to 2 massive quiescent galaxies. We study the evolution of the mass-size relation, the fate of satellite galaxies and the mass aggregation of the cluster central. From z = 2, these galaxies grow on average in size by a factor of 5 to 10 and in galaxy mass by 2 to 3. The stellar mass of our simulated BCGs grow by a factor of similar to 2.1 in the range 0.3 < z < 1.0, consistent with observations, and by a factor of similar to 1.4 in the range 0.0 < z < 0.3. Furthermore, the non-central galaxies evolve on to the present-day mass-size relation by z = 0. Assuming passively evolving stellar populations, we present surface brightness profiles for our cluster centrals which resemble those observed for the cDs in similar mass clusters both at z = 0 and at z = 1. This demonstrates that the Lambda CDM cosmology does indeed predict minor and major mergers to occur in galaxy clusters with the frequency and mass ratio distribution required to explain the observed growth in size of passive galaxies since z = 2. Our experiment shows that brightest cluster galaxies could, in principle, form through dissipationless mergers of quiescent massive z = 2 galaxies, without substantial additional star formation. |
| 收录类别 | SCI |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000325264600001 |
| 源URL | [http://ir.bao.ac.cn/handle/114a11/5703]  |
| 专题 | 国家天文台_星系宇宙学研究部 |
| 作者单位 | 1.Max Planck Inst Astrophys, D-85740 Garching, Germany 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Natl Astron Observ, Max Planck Inst Astrophys, Partner Grp, Beijing 100012, Peoples R China 3.Univ Durham, Dept Phys, Inst Computat Cosmol 2, Sci Labs, Durham DH1 3LE, England |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Laporte, Chervin F. P.,White, Simon D. M.,Naab, Thorsten,et al. The growth in size and mass of cluster galaxies since z=2[J]. MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY,2013,435(2):901-909. |
| APA | Laporte, Chervin F. P.,White, Simon D. M.,Naab, Thorsten,&Gao, Liang.(2013).The growth in size and mass of cluster galaxies since z=2.MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY,435(2),901-909. |
| MLA | Laporte, Chervin F. P.,et al."The growth in size and mass of cluster galaxies since z=2".MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY 435.2(2013):901-909. |
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